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H. Y. KRAUSS. Bndl'es-Ghain H'orsefPow'er.

No. 224,'445. v Patented Feb. 10, 1880.l

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HARRISON Y. KRAUSS, OF KRAUSSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA. L

ENDLESS-CHAIN VHKORSE-VPOWER.

. v A SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters vPatent No. 224,445, dated February 10, 1880. Application filed December 3, 1l379.

To all whom it may concern." 4

Be it known that I, HARRISON Y. KRAUss, of Kraussdale, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Endless Chain Horse-Powers, of which the following is a speci.- fication.

Figure l is a sectionalplan view of my improvenient, taken through the broken line y y,

. supporting and shifting the power, and B the track 'that supports the end-1 Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation taken through the broken line .1- xFig. 1.

The object of this invention is to furnish endless-chain horse-powers so constructed that the belt-w heel may be run in either direction with equal facility.

The invention consists in ,the combination, with the sb aft that carries the sprocket-Wheels and the shaft that carries the belt-wheel, 'of a set of gearing constructed to run thev beltwheel in eitherk direction; and also in combiu ing with the shafts and gearing devices for gearing, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the frame-work ,of the horse less-chain platform upon which the horses walk. C are the sprocket or chain wheels,A

which engage with and receive motion from the endless chains. The sprocket-wheels CV are keyed or otherwise secured to a shaft, D,

which revolves in bearings attached to the'` frameA in such a position that the sprocketwheels will engage with the endless chains as they are passing around the curve at the end of the frame A.

gear wheel, F, attached to or formed upon the end of a tube' or hollow shaft, Gr, placed upon the shaft H. v

In one end of the shaft H is formed a bearing or eye, I, to receive the shaft D, and in its other end is formed a bearing or eye, J, to receive the counter-shaft K. 4 1

The eyes or bearingsl J are secured in place upon the shafts D K by collars, pins, or other suitable means. Upon the other end of the tube or hollow shaft G is attached, or upon it is formed, a largebevcl-gear wheel, L, into the teeth of which mesh the teeth of one or the other of the small bevelgear wheels M,

splined to the shaft K so that they may slide upon the said shaft K, but will carry it with them intheir revolution.

The hubs of the bevel-gear wheels M have ring-grooves formed around their ends to receive the forked or notched ends of the arms N, attached at their other ends to therod O at such a distance apart that whenthe teeth' and heavy, so as to serve as a ily-Wheel for giving steadiness of motion to the machinery to be driven.

With this construction, by throwing one of the wheels Minto gear With the gear-wheel L the belt-wheel P will be driven in one direction, and by throwing the other gear-Wheel M into gear with vthe gear-wheel L thefbeltwheel P will be driven in the other direction, so that the horse-powerinay be used for driving machinery gearedto run in either direction without twisting the drivin g-belt.

Having thus fully described my invention, `I claimas new anddesire t secure by Let- "ters Patent` 1. In an endless-chain horse-power, the coinbination with the 'shaft D, that carries the sprocket-wheels C, and the shaft K, that -carries the belt-wheel P, of the gear-wheel E, the

` connecting gear-wheels F L, and the sliding To the shaft D is keyed or otherwise se` cured a large bevelgear Wheel, E, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of asmall bevel-1 gear Wheels M M, substantially as herein shown and described, so that the belt-wheel P may be `driven in either direction by the revolution of the sprocket-wheels C in the same direction, as set forth.4

y2. In an endless-chain horse-power, the conibination, with the shaft D, that carries the sprocket-wheels C, and the shaft K, that carries the belt-wheel P, of the shaft H, provided with a bearing at each end, substantially as herein shown and described, for supporting the connecting gear-Wheels FLfrom the shafts D K, as set forth. i A HARRISON Y. KRAUSS.

Witnesses:

HORACE A. ROYER, JAMES A. Kanuss.v

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